Quoted by oh-so-cool Buzzfeed (though as an old fogey who says this a bad idea): Australia's Youngest Senator Will Introduce A Bill To Lower The #auspol Voting Age To 16 https://www.buzzfeed.com/joshtaylor/australias-youngest-senator-will-introduce-a-bill-to-lower?utm_term=.tcoEKbXpZ … via @joshgnosis
My point exactly! We can argue about whether 16 is different to 18 re:voting, but whether this impacts the Liberals is surely not the main issue here, despite being what's going to define the party-line support
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Given the idealism and issue leanings of under 18s who are interested in politics, they're more likely to lean Left than Right.
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Absolutely. Age is the greatest predictor of conservatism. But it seems like your main argument here is that your political party would be disadvantaged? Because that seems like a neither democratic nor libertarian position to take!
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